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netcat with ssl support

Hey guys,

in BT3 was GNU netcat with SSL support included. In BT4 it isnt any more. I think the SSL support is quite helpfull for security audits, so it would be gread if you can provide a GNU-netcat package which has SSL support enabled.

Re: netcat with ssl support

Originally Posted by m-1-k-3

Hey guys,

in BT3 was GNU netcat with SSL support included. In BT4 it isnt any more. I think the SSL support is quite helpfull for security audits, so it would be gread if you can provide a GNU-netcat package which has SSL support enabled.

Re: netcat with ssl support

I think I understand more of what you are asking for.(probably a language barrier but hopefully we can work through it.) By default BT4 final has netcat, cryptcat, and socat all installed.

These commands should help you to get on your way, in a terminal type:

Code:

nc -h

Code:

cryptcat -h

Code:

socat -h

I'm not sure yet whether you are trying to enumerate a listening ssl port or attempt to connect to a ssl server. Hopefully these should help you do what you are wishing.

From what I've seen from an unknown source is that the developer of netcat no longer supports it. They probably aren't around anymore. It's uses are amazing and work very well even to this day, I have nothing to complain about with netcat. Although I like getting used to newer tools based off of netcat such as socat or cryptcat. They are all good tools to have and provide a lot of functionality in a quick and easy to use payload. As far as I remember most BT distributions had at least netcat and probably cryptcat aswell. Socat is fairly new I believe but can be found in the latest version of BT.

Taking a closer look at the socat help you will see some openssl commands that take host:port inputs and you can also setup a ssl listener. It has a lot of interesting stuff like proxies, piping and tunneling. IPv4 and IPv6 suport.